Tag: Bellosguardo

June 17, 2025

40 Ways to Entertain Out-of-Town Guests

Houseguest season is upon us, but how to keep them occupied? Here are a whole lot of quintessentially Santa Barbara suggestions. Of course, you need not be hosting visitors to justify an adventure.... 6

October 19, 2023

Arts District Get-Together Tomorrow Evening

Plus: Chamber music at Bellosguardo; another Los Alamos landmark is for sale; screening of film about the origins of Plaza Rubio; guided tarantula walk; the Courtyard by Marriott's roof deck; John Evans paintings at Caldwell Snyder. 6

February 17, 2023

An Effort to Preserve 48 More Acres of the Gaviota Coast

Other recent news: HBO will adapt "Empty Mansions" into a series; a step forward for the De La Guerra Plaza revamp; Santa Barbara County might partner with San Luis Obispo county on a desalination plant; Montecito fire chief announces retirement; final oil piers removed from Haskell's Beach; the Garden Street Dog. 2

December 28, 2022

The New Tenant of the Victor the Florist Space

Plus: Cat Mewseum coming to State Street; Palma Colectiva opening in Victoria Court; the Flaming Lips in concert; Bellosguardo's outbuildings by the beach; the history of the "El Prado" sign at the new Courtyard by Marriott.

December 18, 2022

What to Expect on the Bellosguardo Tour

The mysterious estate on the bluff above East Beach is finally, slowly, opening to visitors for 90-minute tours. 51

December 16, 2022

Highway 101 Construction in Montecito Could Start This Summer

Other recent news: Goleta residents bedeviled by airport noise; a look inside Bellosguardo; State Street building to be converted to "workforce housing"; the difficulty of turning Paseo Nuevo residential; new pop-up shop at the Well; Carpinteria makes parklets permanent and bans "formula businesses" downtown; horseback riders win Live Oak Trail court battle; Inclusive Arts Clubhouse coming to La Cumbre Plaza; Clic sibling shop in Ojai.

December 8, 2022

Bellosguardo Is Opening for Tours

For $100, donors and supporters can get a peek inside Huguette Clark's estate on a tour created by "Empty Mansions" author Bill Dedman. 3

July 18, 2022

The Best Look Yet Inside Bellosguardo

Plus: Kule pop-up coming to the Montecito Country Mart; the closed part of Bella Vista Drive has finally reopened; an official answer about the left turn on red at Anacapa and Haley; more on the Chumash plan for a 31,000-square-foot office building in Santa Ynez; a fantastic 1920 postcard of Summerland. 13

October 28, 2021

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Bought Twice More in Montecito

Other recent news: Progress for 14-room hotel on State Street; the rain did little to alleviate the drought; the state attorney general classified the Bellosguardo Foundation as delinquent; mayoral candidate Deborah Schwartz vs. the local Democratic establishment; Alisal wants to annex 10 acres for glamping; the restoration of UCSB's North Campus Open Space.

May 26, 2020

Knapp’s Castle Is Coming Along Nicely

Other local news: California issues social-distancing guidance for places of worship; Goleta food-preservation firm is now valued at $1 billion; two-hour weekend parking limit at Montecito beaches and trailheads; mountain lion spotted again; drive-in theater reopened.